Sunday, February 23, 2014

CNN Cancels Piers Morgan Live. Is Jay Leno taking that spot?

Piers Morgan

CNN President Jeff Zucker has decided to bring an end to ultra liberal Piers Morgan's low-rated primetime show, network sources told POLITICO on
Sunday. "Piers Morgan Live" could end as early as next month, though
Morgan may stay with the network in another role.

Morgan, a former British tabloid editor, replaced Larry King
in the 9 p.m. hour three years ago, prior to Zucker's tenure as president. His
show earned consistently low ratings, registering as few as 50,000 viewers in
the 25-to-54 year-old demographic earlier this week.

Will Jay Leno Replace Piers?

"CNN confirms that Piers Morgan Live is ending,"
Allison Gollust, head of CNN communications, told POLITICO on Sunday after an
earlier version of this post was published. "The date of the final program
is still to be determined.

It has been reported that Jeff Zucker has reached out to Jay Leno, prior to his departure on from the Tonight Show about doing a daily show on CNN. The offer to Jay was said to be quite lucrative. Jeff Zucker was with NBC and previously was Jay Leno's boss at the network.